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From the back room to the board room

Supply chain management used to be relegated to the logistics department of businesses and hardly thought of as matters concerning the top-level management. In his 2004 paper, Joseph L. Cavinato points out five sub-networs within the supply chain that need special attention:Physical – the actual movement of goods, shipping and warehousing
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ARTICLES and PAPERS
A supply chain is never stronger than the weakest link
Are you the weakest link in your own supply chain? That's the question asked in an article in the Ha[...]
The latest trends in logistics and SCM research
What is at the forefront of current research in supply chain management and logistics right now? I k[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks
Done...I finally made it! Today I submitted my full chapter for the book on Managing Risk in Virtual[...]
Book Review: Single Point of Failure
Just out a few days ago, Single Point of Failure is a fascinating read. The author, Gary S. Lynch, i[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Supply chain disruption risk on the rise
Global supply chains are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to potential disruption to trade, say[...]
Risky cities - want to work there?
If you are doing global business, do you know where you are at risk and what risk that is most perti[...]
from HERE and THERE
Point merge - the latest in aviation logistics
I've been travelling this week, which is why there haven't been any posts for a while, and on my tri[...]
Volcanic ash cloud - really a surprise?
Last week a volcanic eruption on Iceland took Europe's civil aviation authorities by total surprise,[...]